Budget’s goal is to accelerate growth and invigorate private sector investments: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the goals of the Union Budget 2025-26 is to accelerate growth, secure inclusive development, and invigorate private sector investments.

Replying to a discussion on the general Budget in Rajya Sabha, the minister also said the Budget was prepared during a challenging time, with serious external challenges beyond estimates or forecasts.Despite this, the government has tried to keep the assessment as accurate as possible, keeping India's interests paramount, Sitharaman said.

"There are no models that you can build and understand how the trends will be because they are very dynamic…Despite that, we have tried keeping the assessments as close as possible, keeping India's interests as topmost...This immense uncertainty is still playing out and many Indian imports which are very critical for our economy to grow are also going to be left with uncertainty," Nirmala Sitharaman said.